Exam 8: Development

Research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time is known as ____________ research.

When an egg becomes fertilized by sperm,the resulting one-celled entity is called a(n)___________.

According to Kohlberg people pass through a series of stages in the evolution of their sense of justice and in the kind of reasoning they use to make moral judgments.

Children are born with a particular _____________,a basic,innate disposition.Some children are easygoing,while others are irritable or quiet.

Environmental agents such as a drug,chemical,virus or other factor that produce a birth defect are known as ________________.

The __________ theory of aging suggests that aging produces a gradual withdrawal from the world on physical,psychological,and social levels.

Children cannot form multiple attachments simultaneously.

The knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects is called the ______________.

If the zygote receives an extra chromosome at the moment of conception,the child will be born with ________________.

Rigid and punitive,____________ parents value unquestioning obedience from their children.

The _______________ approach to the nature-nurture issues states that it is a combination of both environment and heredity that influence development.

Fully explain the Ainsworth Strange Situation that was developed to measure attachment.

Even though divorce rates have been declining since they peaked in 1981,about half of all first marriages end in divorce.

The __________ theory of aging suggests that the elderly who are most successful while aging are those who maintain the interests and activities they had during middle age.

The average age at which marriage takes place is higher than at any time since the turn of the last century.

Regardless of whether people become disengaged or maintain their activities from earlier stages of life,most are involved in a process of life review,in which they examine and evaluate their lives.

In the nature via nurture issue,nurture refers to _________________.

Two weeks after conception,the developing individual has a heart,a brain,and other organs,and it is now called a(n)______________.

What is a midlife crisis?

The psychological stages of development were created by ____________,and included a very comprehensive description of the stages of development from birth through death.